Jake Anders is Policy Specialist at The Education Partnership and has worked with us for the past seven years, amassing great experience in many aspects of our work with clients. In January he is beginning a PhD at the Institute of Education in the Economics of Education, but will still have some involvement in several ongoing projects.

Jake’s roles within The Education Partnership have been many and varied, but have included:

• Creating, updating and tailoring policy and procedure documents, health and safety documentation, staff and boarding handbooks and risk assessments for clients. This involved becoming very familiar with key regulations for and guidance to schools from the Department for Education (DfE), OfSTED, the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and others.
• Prepared multiple submissions to the DfE on behalf of client schools regarding changes to their permissions to operate “material change” (such as extending age ranges, setting up new schools etc.). Performed a similar role with regard to submissions to the DfE on behalf of clients seeking to open new schools.
• Co-authored works published in the trade magazine Funding for Independent Schools, focusing on areas we have worked on. These have included articles on compliance and best practice for Independent schools, advice to schools on choosing an Outdoor Education centre, applying to the DfE for a change to the details of a school’s registration with them and applying to the DfE to open a new school.
• Helped prepare and run a course on “Compliance without Complications” aimed at members of school’s Senior Leadership Teams who were unfamiliar with their many responsibilities in this area.
• Assisting with an ongoing research project on the Business Management of Independent Schools. Was particularly responsible for data collection (from sources including the Independent Schools Association (ISA), Edubase and structured interviews with over sixty independent schools) and data cleaning. Will be involved in data analysis when that stage is reached.

He has also undertaken continuous professional development in order to maintain appropriate knowledge and skills. This has included:

• Children’s Workforce Development Council Safer recruitment training.

Jake’s website may be found at www.jakeanders.co.uk and his LinkedIn profile may be found here.

EDUCATION
2007–2010: New College, University of Oxford, BA Hons. Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Finals Papers: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economics, Public Economics, International Economics, Modern British Government, British Politics and Government since 1900, International Relations, Theory of Politics
First Year Papers: Introductory Economics, Introduction to Politics: The Theory and Practice of Democracy, Introduction to Philosophy. Awarded a Distinction/Scholarship.
Quantitative Economics included: descriptive statistics and regression through maximum likelihood estimation, including economic interpretation, statistical testing and robustness testing; analysing inequality and social welfare through social welfare functions and stochastic dominance criteria; programme evaluation through analysis of NSW experimental data; and empirical macroeconomics.

VOLUNTARY WORK
July 2010-Present: Trustee, Oxford Centre for Learning Skills and Dyslexia

• After working with The Education Partnership for several years I was invited to become a trustee of this charity.
• OCLSD provides the professional advice of the Trustees to individuals and educational establishments in the area of Special Educational Needs.

Sept. 2003-Present: Various Roles, Oxfam
Initially Salisbury Oxfam shop volunteer, then appointed Community Outreach Officer. Also President of Oxford Students’ Oxfam Group (April-December 2009).

• Has involved work as diverse as organising major events with partner organisations, writing press releases etc. In particular, organised several high profile events as part of Make Poverty History in 2005.
• Created shop website (www.salisburyoxfam.org.uk), which I still maintain.
• Helped organise Salisbury’s successful bid to become a Fairtrade city in my role as Secretary of Salisbury Fairtrade Group.
• President role, while an undergraduate, involved organising fundraising, campaigning and speaker events in support of Oxfam’s work.

June 2003-Present: Lifeguard, Salisbury Dolphins Disabled Swimming Club

• Used my skills as a qualified Lifeguard to assist this club which offers disabled people the opportunity to swim in a specialised and supportive environment.

SKILLS
IT: Highly competent. Wide range of experience with Mac, Windows and Linux.

• Highly skilled with Microsoft Office.
• Good web development skills, particularly HTML, CSS and PHP.
• Some experience with statistical software Mathematica, OxMetrics and Stata.
• Previous experience with professional web development for local organisations, including Salisbury Stingrays ASC (www.salisburystingrays.co.uk) and Salisbury Canoe Club (www.salisburycanoeclub.org.uk).

Languages: French and Spanish, both functional, spoken and written.